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W. F. FUESSENIGH.

l COMBINED NEEDLE CLAMP AND THREAD CUTTER EOE SEWING MACHINES,

No. 284,124. Patented Aug. 28, 1883.

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PATENT (OFFICE.

,WILLIAM F. FUESSENICH, OF TORRINGTON, CONNECTICUT.

COMBINED NEEDLE-CLAMP ANDTHREAD-CUTTEEQ FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 284,124, dated August 28, 1883.

' Application filed June 11, 1883. (No model.) 7

To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM-F. Fnnssnmen, of Torrington, in the county of Litchfield and State of I Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Needle Clamp and Thread-Cutter for Sewing-Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accom-.

panying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in combined needlecl amps and thread-cutters for sewing-machines; and it consists in providing the bar with a bent spring, to which is attached a pin for engaging with the notch formed in the upper end of the needle, the spring terminating in a bent portion at its lower end, which bent portion has one of its sides sharpened, so as to form a thread-cutter, and to,

with an opening in its lower end in the usual manner, which opening is adapted to receive the upper end of the needle B. I This needle has a notch, 0, formed in it, as shown.

D represents a spring, which is secured to.

the needle-bar by the screw E, or in any preferred manner. From the inner side of this spring projects apin, F, which extends through bar and engages with the notch C, formed in the needle, as shown. The lower end of the spring is curved outward, as at G, forming a convenient finger-hold, by which means the spring can .be bent outward to cause the pin to disengage with the notch in the needle. One side of this curved lower portion of the spring is sharpened, as at H, thereby forming a thread-cutter, as will be readily understood.

A device thus constructed will be found of great utility, and can be easily and cheaply applied to any style of sewing-machine.

Having thus described my invention, I claim a The combination of the needle-bar with a spring secured thereto, the said spring being provided with a projection for engaging in the notch formed in the upper edge of the needle, and having its lower end formed into afingerhold, one edge of the spring being sharpened so as to form a thread-cutter, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM F. nnnssnnicn'.

WVitnesses: a,

FREDERICK F. FUEssENIcn, ISAAC XV. BROOKS.

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